for-súwian
- verb [ weak ]
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We wyllaþ sume forsúwian
we will pass some in silence,
- Homl. Th. ii. 138, 26.
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We woldon iówra Rómána bismora beón forsúgiende
we would pass in silence over the shames of you Romans,
- Ors. 3, 8 ;
- Bos. 63, 23.
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Gif hí unriht spræcaþ, oððe riht forsúwiaþ
if they speak the wrong, or keep silent the right,
- Job Thw. 166, 14: Homl. Th. i. 56, 18.
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Ic secge ðæt ic ǽr forsúwode
I say that which I before kept silent,
- Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27.
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Iob Godes hérunge ne forsúwade
Job kept not God's praise silent,
- Job Thw. 166, 16.
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Hwí wæs ðæra engla syn forsúgod on ðære béc Genesis
why was the angels' sin passed over in silence in the book of Genesis?
- Boutr. Scrd. 17. 19.
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Ǽlc cræft biþ forsúgod, gif he biþ bútan wisdóme
every craft it passed over in silence, if it be without wisdom,
- Bt. 17 ;
- Fox 60, 10, MS. Cot.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-súwian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11763.
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